> > We use the runtime ebase. > > Our membership database is maintained on a pc, but i would like to > back it up on my G3 Powerbook. I have downloaded the ebase mac > version onto the laptop. If I email the ebase files (excluding the > exe file) to myself on the mac, can I open these files with the mac > version of ebase?
Yes that should work. I do it all the time from PC to PC but the file formats are identical between Mac and PC. Email is not a very useful way of moving the file however. It will work with a few hundred records but you will quickly have files that are too big for email. Remember you have to copy all 27 files as a set so zip or stuffit are the best way to go. > > A second question: we have 159 members, but 170 entry numbers, due > to deletions, etc. Is there a way to make the member numbers match > the entry number? We are about to embark on a membership campaign > and I would really like to have it tidy before we start adding lots > more names. > -- > There is no way to make them correspond and leave you with a functioning ebase. Those numbers are what are used for the relationships between all the files. Entry number is just the relative record number within that particular file, e.g. names. The physical records are in entry order. If you want them in some other order you have to sort them each time you want to see them in some sorted order. The record numbers are permanently assigned as you create new records. So they work as a permanent idenfier for that member, like a social security number. You will notice that those fields are all protected so that you cannot change them. ------------------ Reminder to each recipient: To change your list account preferences, go to http://email.sparklist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=support and enter the email address you used to subscribe to the ebase support list:: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ebase - Relationship Management for Nonprofits, http://www.ebase.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------
